Reviews

Vigilante - My Hero Academia Illegals by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Kōhei Horikoshi

ilonasuntila's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.0

The fans of the original manga series are probably the target audience, whereas I watched the anime mostly for the sake of finishing it. I was intrigued by the idea of a superhero society, though, and I started reading Vigilantes in the hopes that this series would take a different approach to it. Unfortunately nothing much happened in the first volume, so it’s hard to say if that will be the case. The main characters, esp. the unsurprisingly oversexualized teenage female lead, seem somewhat average and boring, but them being non-OP vigilantes is promising. My hopes are pretty low but I'm still willing to give vol. 2 a shot.

elliel_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

cyanide_latte's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Holy shit, I knew I was gonna like this but I had no honest clue how much I was going to fall in love with this from the off. This is so good, so worth looking into, and I'm excited to continue with it as soon as I'm able!

juicelina's review against another edition

4.0

I wasn't sure if I was going to like the spin off as much because it's written by a different person, but it's still a lot of fun! It's a bit chaotic, but it's kind of cool that it slightly ties in with the regular BNHA timeline a little with the drugs and all. It's also nice seeing more from the pro heroes. I'm definitely interested to see where this goes.

corria's review against another edition

2.0

While I liked seeing more of the side heroes like Eraserhead and Present Mic and the new vigilantes were ok for a first volume. the story it self seemed unconnected or like they just happened to be there so they helped and I never really got any idea what the over all goal of them was other than fight crime. Not sure if ill pick up volume number 2 due to the problems but seeing Eraserhead made this volume so much fun.

yxz2495's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

xen_28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

cupkate96's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

yuulace's review against another edition

4.0

Allgemein hat es mir Spaß gemacht den Band zu lesen. Bis zum Ende empfand ich ihn eher als 3 Sterne, aber mit dem letzten Kapitel bin ich richtig neugierig auf den zweiten Band geworden, sodass ich nun zwischen 3.5 und 4 schwanke.

MHA Vigilante ist eine erfrischenden Ergänzung zur Hauptserie. Es gibt viele Einblicke in das Leben derjenigen, die außerhalb der Heldengesellschaft leben. Viel von Seiten der, die sich als Vigilante (“Bürgerwehr”) zählen, aber herkömmlicher Bürger.
Während ich das kleine Aizawa Cameo zwar geliebt habe, kamen mir die größeren Heldenszenen allerdings mehr wie Fanservice vor. Sie passten nicht so ganz zu der Darstellung, die man aus der Hauptserie gewohnt ist.

Viele Leute scheinen Pop Step zu lieben, aber ich muss zugeben, dass ich dies noch nicht so ganz nachvollziehen kann. Sie und der alte man scheinen, zumindest in diesem Band, noch sehr in die Shonen-Tropes zu fallen. So ist man z.B. die Charaktere, die sich in die Wohnung des Protagonisten selbst einladen, seine Sachen wie ihr Eigen benutzen und die sein Leben über den Haufen werfen auch schon von anderen Serien gewöhnt.

zugzug's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A very promising start to a spin off series. The characters are interesting and I think with further development they will be very entertaining. It is good to see a different side to the My Hero Academia world. Definitely rooting for the downtrodden seeming main character.